Bile secretory immunoglobulin A in biliary infection and cholelithiasis

• Published in: Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) Vol. 102; no. 3; p. 1000
• Main Authors: Yio, X Y, Jin, B W, Yin, F Z, Li, X J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.1992
• Subjects: Bile - microbiology; Bile Duct Diseases - immunology; Bile Duct Diseases - microbiology; Cholelithiasis - immunology; Cholelithiasis - microbiology; Common Bile Duct - microbiology; Female; Gallbladder - microbiology; Gallbladder Diseases - immunology; Gallbladder Diseases - microbiology; Humans; Immunoglobulin A - biosynthesis; Immunoglobulin A, Secretory - biosynthesis; Immunoglobulin G - biosynthesis; Immunoglobulin M - biosynthesis; Male; Middle Aged; Secretory Component - biosynthesis

Bile samples from 71 patients with cholelithiasis and a control group of 10 subjects without hepatobiliary diseases were cultured for bacteria and measured for secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) using enzyme immunoassay specific for SIgA. The results of bile bacterial culture were all positive in pat...